TY - JOUR
AU - Hutchinson, Jonathan
AB -  Grow Disas by Hildegard Crous and Graham Duncan . 2006. Kirstenbosch Gardening Series, the South African National Biodiversity Institute Kirstenbosch. 119 pp. softback. This is the latest in a series of books published by Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden. Grow Disas gives a good deal of information on the cultivation techniques required for this wonderfully colourful and diverse genus of largely South African terrestrial orchids. The book is divided into three main sections; General Information, Cultivation and Propagation. General Information deals with aspects such as Taxonomy, Distribution and Conservation. Conservation discusses the plight of these species through housing development and alien weed invasion. An interesting account is given for one of the species where a programme is trying to save its last habitat. Cultivation and Propagation take up much of the book, explaining the three types of growth cycle found within Disa ; summer growing, winter growing and the most well known group of all, the evergreen species, within which belongs Disa uniflora . In these two sections all the techniques that can be used to grow the groups successfully are explained in detail. The whole nature of the plants’ requirements are put into perspective through detailed accounts of their 
TI - Grow Disas ‐ by Hildegard Crous and Graham Duncan
JF - Curtis'S Botanical Magazine
DO - 10.1111/j.1467-8748.2008.00617_3.x
DA - 2008-05-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/wiley/grow-disas-by-hildegard-crous-and-graham-duncan-0h0yj1jAii
SP - 190
VL - 25
IS - 2
DP - DeepDyve
ER -